In the recent issue of GQ, more details of “Interior Design” come to light. The screenplay was co-written with his girlfriend Gabrielle Bell and is about a girl who turns into a chair, and it’s based on a comic that she drew.
Or slightly more specifically, “it’s about a girl who feels useless and, as she is transformed into a chair, feels some relief. Kafka by way of Brooklyn set in Tokyo,” writes the Men’s mag.
“This is more visceral [than GCI],” Gondry said. “A little bit like David Cronenberg. His effect are very visceral, because they are really there. He’s the master of this type of metamorphosis—I hope I’m up to his level. It’s a terrible transformation that come from a mundane thing.”
The funnier parts of the piece are about Gondry’s tendencies towards enfante terrible behavior and his ego (which we’ve kind witnessed before, he’s not a bad dude, he’s just funny).
An ‘Eternal Sunshine’ producer says, “Michel is unbelievably sensitive. And also can be insensitive to other people. He’s like a 12-year-old boy! When he gets upset because he doesn’t get what he wants, he stomps his feet and says, ‘Why why why?!’ It’s hysterical. I love Michel. He’s a complicated guy, and he’s not like a normal guy. But he’s supergifted and he’s got a really good heart, an extraordinary heart.”
When asked about YouTube, Gondry goes off about all the copy-cats getting credit (by way of hits) for little creative things he did 10 years ago. “He’s got a huge ego and he’s hugely competitive,” says the producer. “So I mean he’s a very complicated guy, because on the one hand he is generous and great. And on the other he’s judgmental and competitive, and he can be petty.”
And Gondry pretty much agrees with this assesment and says that the truth must be written. “Interior Design” is apparently in post-production.
Gondry’s next project is apparently titled, “Migel Munya” (take that title with a grain of salt), an animated movie he is making with his 16-year-old son, Paul, that is going to be written by “Ghost World” comic Daniel Clowes (who is supposed to be writing the long-overdue “Master of Time & Space“)’.
“[The movie is] about a dictator who runs a crazy world where hair is the source of energy,” Gondry told Slashfilm. “The people there are forced to create art, and if the art is too good they are executed. So the dictator there doesn’t want anyone to be better than him so he kills the inmates who make good art. They try to make rubbish art but sometimes the worse it is for them, the better it is for the dictator.”
After that, his next film should be, “The Return of the Ice King,” but Gondry is fickle and changes his mind and projects often. The inventive and bratty filmmaker will be at Sundance 2008 with his latest, “Be Kind Rewind” and will perform its soundtrack with composer Jean-Michel Bernard during the festival. The film hits theaters February 22.
Watch: The Willowz – “Take A Look Around” (directed by Paul Gondry)
